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Topic: Does anyone in your home have a Cpap/BiPap/etc? (Read 12373 times)

If your friend wants advice about CPAP, have you also given her your experiences? Or does she just want to know how many random people on a board she doesn't visit wears them? It's kind of an odd question.

This poll isn't really designed to tell you what percentage of people use it. Since the poll asks about the household, with no mention of how many in the household. For example, I answered 1, even though I don't because my DH does.

You answered correctly then. And, you're right, it doesn't take a percentage. I said in the first post that it really is this straightforward! Just go with it.

And I really did want random. That's why I posted it here instead of in a more controlled environment. I really do want the answers as they are here.

Have a background in statistics. Trust me, I'm getting what I'm looking for!

I hope you're looking for a survey of mostly women who spend a lot of time on the Internet and would be interested in clicking on a thread about cpaps. regardless, it's nice of you to look into this for your friend.

My husband does. He was snoring and snorting like a buffalo before finally getting a sleep study (egged on by sleepy me), and it changed his life. There were adjustments to keeping the mask on, but he's used to it. He also lost a significant amount of weight, which helped.

My DH uses a CPAP machine, but does find it difficult to sleep. He took Ambien for a long time, which worked well, but his docs wanted him off it, so he's on melatonin now, better than nothing, but Ambien was better. It's good for him, but I hate it when it blows on me!

My husband uses a CPAP. He took a year after the sleep study results to get a machine. He tried a couple different masks and settled on the nasal pillows. He says he feels so much better. He no longer gets extremely sleepy at 1 in the afternoon. He will even use it when he naps because of the difference.

You answered correctly then. And, you're right, it doesn't take a percentage. I said in the first post that it really is this straightforward! Just go with it.

And I really did want random. That's why I posted it here instead of in a more controlled environment. I really do want the answers as they are here.

Have a background in statistics. Trust me, I'm getting what I'm looking for!

I hope you're looking for a survey of mostly women who spend a lot of time on the Internet and would be interested in clicking on a thread about cpaps.

Yep! I know our demographics here. And they're fine.

Not sure why you're not believing me that I know the conditions of the study pool! And that they're just fine. I know it's a "dirty" selection. And it's not giving a statistically clean sample. But, if I'd wanted that kind of sample, I wouldn't have posted it here and would have chosen another group.

I welcome the stories - I'm always interested to hear of othes' experiences and learning from others. Sometimes, you can hear of a new mask or something from someone else. So the stories are very welcome. But the purpose of the thread was mainly for the poll. Just the number of people in a random group such as this that either use one or have someone in their home use one.